Support mid-day meal scheme in Gujarat

The mid-day meal scheme in Gujarat is an initiative to provide free school lunch in all

Government schools across the state. It is a Central Government initiative to counter classroom

hunger and encourage primary school enrolment among the needy section of the society. Many

NGOs have stepped forward to implement this scheme across the country. The Akshaya Patra

Foundation is one such NGO. This NGO implements the mid-day meal scheme in Gujarat and

eight other states of India. The Foundation feeds a total of 4,00,158 children by providing mid-day

meal in Gujarat’s 1,653 Government schools. It is operational in 3 locations of Gujarat.

Through its centralized kitchen in Gandhinagar, it provides mid-day meal to 1,21,508 children. As

an operational NGO in Vadodara, it feeds 1,13,593 children in the area; and its Surat kitchen

provides meal to 1,65,057 children in the location. This NGO for children in Vadodara has been

providing mid-day meals since November 2009. It has a centralized kitchen to meet the daily

requirements. The centralized kitchen of this NGO in Vadodara is an ISO 22000:2005 certified unit.

There are 39 customized meal distribution vehicles to deliver the cooked mid-day meal to the

beneficiary schools.

Office Address: For more information:

The Akshaya Patra Foundation, #72, 3rd Floor, 3rd Main Road, 1st & 2nd Stage, Yeshwantpur Industrial Suburb,

Rajajinagar Ward No. 10, Bangalore – 560022,

India

Visit : http://www.akshayapatra.org/ Donate to feed a child:

https://www.akshayapatra.org/onlinedonations

The Akshaya Patra Foundation

Toll Free Number:18004258622 | :infodesk@akshayapatra.org | :+91 80-30143400

Here is an anecdote of one of the beneficiaries of mid-day meal scheme in Gujarat. This is the story

of Bharwad Gopal Hamili Bhai, a young lad of Standard VI, studying in Dr. Hansa Mehta Primary

School. This school is located in a small village named Vadsar that is few kilometres away from

Vadodara. Gopal hails from a cattle rearing community. But he is a determined boy who aspires to

become a Police Officer. Gopal has not let the economic status of his family become a hurdle in his

well-set aim. He washes his only set of uniform mid-week so that he can go to school in clean

uniform throughout the week. By taking cattle out for grazing after school hours, Gopal also helps in

contributing to his family income.

Gopal along with his brother and two sisters are all beneficiaries of mid-day meal scheme in

Gujarat provided by The Akshaya Patra Foundation. Gopal’s mother, Jeeku Behn tells that the

free school lunch has been a big support. As their dinner mostly comprise of Bajri roti and Mirchi

(Indian bread made of millet consumed with chillies) and that her children go to school by having

only a glass of milk, the mid-day meal scheme in Gujarat proves to be a great help in ensuring at

least one nutritious meal per day for her children. She goes on to say, "Akshaya Patra food is a

substitute to a mother's recipe." Hence, she also encourages her neighbours to send their children to

schools where this Vadodara NGO serves free school lunch. Support the mid-day meal scheme in

Gujarat by donating to this Vadodara NGO

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Office Address: For more information:

The Akshaya Patra Foundation, #72, 3rd Floor, 3rd Main Road, 1st & 2nd Stage, Yeshwantpur Industrial Suburb,

Rajajinagar Ward No. 10, Bangalore – 560022,

India

Visit : http://www.akshayapatra.org/ Donate to feed a child:

https://www.akshayapatra.org/onlinedonations

The Akshaya Patra Foundation

Toll Free Number:18004258622 | :infodesk@akshayapatra.org | :+91 80-30143400